Friday's No Holiday For Metro

Metro is one of the nation's most heavily used transit systems, and that applies to holidays, as well.

The transit authority looked at its ridership numbers and over the summer decided to run a regular weekday schedule on four holidays. The next one coming up is Friday, the federal observance of Veterans Day. Metrorail, Metrobus and MetroAccess will all be on their regular weekday schedules, collecting regular fares and parkign fees.

The other days that are no longer holidays for Metro because of the high ridership are Columbus Day, Martin Luther King Day and Presidents Day.